The tradition of changing surnames

In China, everyone has a natural surname. Whether you are alive or dead, your name is unique. No matter what happens, your real name will always accompany you throughout your life, but there is a strange phenomenon of different surnames in Chaoshan area. So, after they die, do they have to change their surnames? It is because their ancestors took refuge, adopted children, paid off debts, etc. that they have different surnames.

There is a family named Xue in Chaoshan, and there is a custom of "Xue Sheng Xu Die". Because in the ancestors of the Xue family, a Xue married a woman named Xu in a neighboring village, but after a long time, she had no children and no fertility. Finally, she adopted a child in Xu's brother's house. Finally, the family was prosperous and the population was prosperous, so she had the custom of learning to live and dying.

Zhang Rongshi, surnamed the ancestor, was knowledgeable and versatile, so he followed Xu to do housework, helped Xu's children read and write, and became a teacher. For a long time, Zhang Rongshi had no children and no children to support him. Therefore, the landlord changed the surname of one of his children to Zhang Rongshi and gave him a pension, so all Zhang's families gave birth to Zhang Rongshi and died.

The phenomenon of heterosexual life and death in Chaoshan is due to many things that happened in the previous generation, such as adoption, gratitude, refuge and so on. They always remember others' kindness to themselves, and finally they can pass it on from generation to generation and abide by the group training. So there is such a phenomenon, which reflects the heavy feelings of people in Chaoshan area. People who value kindness should remember the kindness of others and hope that they can thank each other for their blessings from generation to generation.